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McIntosh briefly addressed the small crowd, asking for his party’s vote and saying “from the outset, we do not expect Hutt-South to elect a green MP in 2020.”
Shaw said McIntosh was a “great guy” and that people should vote for him if they wanted to, but said the best way to ensure that Labor returned to government was to vote for the Green Party.
“Frankly, they are going to need us if they are going to be able to form a government because if they are voting below 50 percent, then they are going to need a partner to get them across the line and we are the partner they want to have,” he said.
Shaw said he understood that many people wanted to make sure Ardern continued as Prime Minister.
“So do we. I know that’s counterintuitive to some people, but in reality, a vote for the Greens is the most powerful vote you can cast to ensure that Jacinda continues as Prime Minister and we have a strong Labor-Green government.” . , he said.
Shaw also told his supporters that the larger the Greens’ caucus, the more bargaining power they would have to push through bold policies, such as their wealth tax, in coalition negotiations.
He said they were hoping to get “some version of this” policy in line with Labor.
No results for the Greens
In subsequent remarks to reporters, Shaw reiterated why the Greens will not make the estate tax an end result.
“We do not do the final results. And we have done this in every election since I can remember, if we said that we will sit down in good faith after the elections, we will see the figures and say in which part of this program our party can register partner. And we will negotiate hard for that, we will, “he said.
Shaw said drawing lines in the sand before Election Day was “a zero-sum situation” where the other party is forced to discard things “and you can’t really negotiate anything after the election.”
Shaw also told his supporters that the Greens were the only party that had a truly long-term vision of recovery from COVID-19.
He said that COVID-19 is “frankly a short-term crisis” and presents an opportunity to solve other challenges, such as climate change and inequality.
“We have a responsibility to do that because if we don’t, our children and grandchildren will pay twice. Once to pay off the debt associated with helping us overcome the pandemic crisis and again to face the other challenges that they inherited from us because We haven’t treated them enough, “he said.
Shaw said that while he saw “hints” of this attitude from Labor, the Greens were the only party that really “thought ahead.”
